Zamba fest in Coburg was last weekend so there was tons of drunk people, tourist, and woman without clothes on. We were pretty protected though and didn’t see too much of anything. Friday Elder Whitney got us into a door with some Arabic homies and they were cool. We basically drew out the first lesson and showed tonnns of pictures. When we said “ya there are still prophets today on the earth” they were like woooaaahhhh how? And they kept asking who this “Russell Nelson” was. So funny
Saturday we had phone calls for transfers and I was called to come up to Köln, meaning that I would be leaving one of my best friends in Elder Whitney and the kingdom of Coburg. I am so glad I had the opportunity to serve there for 3 months with two of the coolest most loving guys I’ve met on my mission in Augat and Whitney. I was bummed. But Whitney is going to kill it with his new comp. I saw the lord hand in my life every day serving as a missionary with that man. He’s going to be the best missionary in the history of the big Frankfurt Germany mission. We saw some crazy miracles together.
Sunday was amazing! We had a member pick up our investigator Sinit and her two boys. I was up blessing the sacrament when they walked in and they were pumped just like trying to get my attention the whole time and waving at me. So cool. We had ward lunch together after church and it was good for them to mingle with the primary kids and a member's non-member husband is pumped because Sinit can do like braids and good hairstyles. So she is going to give this 40-year-old dad non-member cornrows and he is so excited hahaha! The rest of the week was saying goodbyes in Coburg and getting my stuff taken care of and ready for the new guy to come in.
Köln is crazy. I went from small really nice and neat Coburg with 40,000 people to the biggest city in the mission in Köln. We live in the absolute ghetto. I look out my windows and it is a dump yard with train tracks out ahead and bums on the corner of the street. I’ve already seen like 4 crack heads in cuffs since being here and prostitutes working the corners. Pretty crazy. Just completely different. My district I am in is now huge! My new comp is Elder Stacy and he is from a Texas. He has 3 transfers left. There are 10 missionaries with 2 sets of sisters so that’ll be a weird new change but I’m excited. I want to just spiritually fine tune this transfer and be an instrument in the lords hand.
This morning my MTC group flys home. A piece of me is going. To fly home with those boys. They called me last night and I got to talk to some of my favorite guys on the planet who helped me so much when I was home and helping me get back here to Germany. Elder Bringhurst, Elder Hughes, Elder Wright, Elder Harmon Elder Dutson. Just great guys, feels like yesterday we entered the mtc together. I’m going to miss them but I know this is the time that I need to be here in the lords vineyard in Germany. Also crazy with a lot of close buddies from home getting back. So crazy.
Sorry for the long email. Mostly wrote it so I can remember and read it when I get back. If you made it this far, you’re the best.
Love you all and thanks for the emails and support! Have a good week.
Here’s the new address⬇️
Elder Rothwell🦅⚔️
Germany Frankfurt Mission
Biegerstrasse 11
51063 Köln
Germany
Scriptures:
1 Nephi 2:3
1 Nephi 3:7
D&C 82:10
Philippians 4:4
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| Some Coburgers eating coburgers |
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| Sinit, Teddy, and Adam. Can’t wait to see these guys as members of the true church |
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| Ciao ciao my friend Peter Hansel |
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| Sebastian got the MP and asked us to be in the circle. I love the priesthood |
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